Obituaries
Obituary: Neil Griffiths, 56
TRIBUTES have been paid to Neil Griffiths, a former soldier and one of Scotland’s best-known charity workers, who has died suddenly at the age of 56.
Obituary: Ian Hardie, folk musician, 59
Tributes have been paid to Ian Hardie, one of Scotland’s best-known folk musicians, who died last week at the age of 59.
Obituary: Ian J Fleming, 97
The oldest professional agricultural engineer in Scotland died earlier this month, aged 97.
Obituary: Ian Swanston, 80
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former East Lothian Yacht Club commodore and North Berwick Rotary Club president who has died aged 80.
Ian Swanston, passed away on September 21 due to heart problems, it is understood.
Obituary: Clive Fairweather, 68
AN SAS veteran and former HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland has died aged 68.
Obituary: Gabriel Jerdan, 98
A FORMER accompanist for the Corstorphine Philharmonic Choir has died at the age of 98.
Obituary: Kathleen Anne Burgess, physician, 97
A physician whose medical career spanned four decades has died peacefully in her sleep aged 97.
Obituary: Eric Lomax, former prisoner of war, author, 93
PRISONER of war Eric Lomax, whose moving memoir about working on the “death railway” in Thailand and its aftermath has been turned into a film starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, has died at the age of 93 in his adopted home of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Obituary: Louis Isbrand, former council worker, 60
A former East Lothian Council worker said to possess a rare gift for supporting young people has died just a month after retiring.
Louis Isbrand was just 60 when he died from a sudden heart attack on September 24.
Obituary: Dr Janet Henderson, healthcare pioneer, 88
A doctor who offered free treatment to poor families in the Old Town before the NHS was founded has died at the age of 88.
Obituary: Jeni Ayris, 48
Tributes have been paid to Edinburgh cafe owner Jeni Ayris, who was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.
Obituary: Goldie Lyall, former teacher, 80
Tributes have been paid to teacher Goldie Lyall, who has died at the age of 80 after a battle with motor neurone disease.
Obituary: Jimmy Cook, former councillor, 84
Jimmy Cook, long-serving Labour councillor and convener of Lothian Region, has died, aged 84.
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Wednesday 24 October 2012
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